Luxembourg, 12/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 7 December, the Court of Justice of the European Communities issued a ruling stating that the directive on copyright in the information society provides that authors have the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit any communication to the public of their works. A hotel in Spain took the view that, as its rooms were of a private nature, the use of television sets and the playing of ambient music within the hotel were not subject to the provisions...